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Longtime educator Joe Di Salvo shares his insights about schools, teachers, students, parents and the "system" in his monthly column Di Salvo on Education beginning this week in our education section.
Di Salvo began his educational career as a teacher in the Santa Clara County Juvenile Court school program. On his way to becoming a middle school administrator, he held several positions--including one in which he managed Special Issues, Youth at Risk--at the Santa Clara County Office of Education.
He has served as a middle school principal in Milpitas and Moreland School districts and currently is principal at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School in Palo Alto. He was named Administrator of the Year for Region 8 in 2001 by the Association of California School Administrators.
Di Salvo is active in a variety of professional and community organizations, including San Jose Community Leadership Council, San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce education committee and the California League of Middle Schools.
Over the years, Di Salvo has learned what works and what doesn't when it comes to educating children. He'll share his insights, with a special emphasis on how parents can help their children get the most from their educational experience.
He begins today with some thoughts about report cards: Do they really measure how much students are learning?
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